Signaling device for automobiles



April 24, 1928. 1,667,050

" A. F. REMTER SIGNALING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed May 20, 1927Jigfii.

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ATTORNEYS.

. designed primarily for use 111 01 l sed after set :lorth, a directionindicatorof such theiconfines t'hereoi Patented 24 1 928. i I

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This in ntion r tes t fsigiiaiing; devicesand pertai s; part icularly toa signal motor vehicles, I I I I i The primary object, of the presentany 9 tion. is'tofprovide, in a inanneras herein construction as topermit itsnse upon closed vehicles, gi ing a d aran'cliunmis akahlesignal without thenecessity of, the d mmiof themachine extending hishand eyond The invention -hroadly contem lates;,;the provisi n, of r a,sing e member "to, provide a pair of relatively: enclarins arranged onrpar lleljlines and elite,nrlntg ,11 opposite directions and an lll-tfil'lfiedll'atflwl' tion extending at right angles to and-connecting theinner-ends of the, endarms; il hesaid in-termediateportion s deslgned tobe extendedthrough a front corn-er post otthe machine 7 body, lyinglongitudinally ofthe machine sothat one oftthe" armswill be. when inhorizontal pDS1 t1O1},;Xt6-11de l .be-

yond the side of th while the; other endjarm will be eXtended inahorizontal 7 position transversely. of, the interior of the machine.Suit-able means is associated with the inner arm for; maintainingthe-device in any set position. 1

comparatively inexpensive to'manufacture;

Numerous otherobjectsfand advantages of i the present invention willbecome apparent scription taken in connection with the acasthedes'cription of the same proceeds, and

the invention will be'best understood from a consideration of'thefollowingdetailed decompanying drawing forming apart ofthisspecification, with the understanding, how: ever, that the invention isnot confined'to' any strict conformity with the showing of the drawingbut may be changed or modified so long a'sflsuch changes ormod1'fications mark no material departure fro'msthe salient features of theinvention as claimed,

In the drawing: a

Figure 1 shows conventionally the upper portion of a motor vehicleinfront elevation,

showing the device embodyingthis. i nvn- 7 I I I I I 4 arm'propercarryingjat ts outer enda'sigtion' applied thereto.

I Another object of the present invention is,

to provide in amanner as hereinafter; eet 'iorth,j-a'directionyindicating signal of, the character abowre described, whichshall be ot simple but strong, anddurable anclefliclent- I theorising.

Figure 2 is a view looking from theim terior of the fmachine showing theconstruction of the deviceas .seengfrom the interior ot the car. I

{Figure 3 is aQp lan-v-iew ofthe indicator structure exclusive oftheouter end portion of the outer I,arm,- and Figure leis asection takensubstantially I u en thelin-e la-l ofzFigure' 3. Referring now to thedrawing n detail whereinilike numerals. of ie'ference indicatecorresponding parts throughout the :Sev-Q eral views; the numeral 1indicates conven:

tionally the front anclnppeiportioniofc a" closed automobile of thesedantype having the front-upright posts 2andt windesliield 3 mountedtherebetween; Asvis sho'wmyin Fig ure 3', the post 2 has a frontinwardlyjextending vportion 4 against wh-ich theledge V of thewind-shield abuts.

The device embodying the invention comprises a casi ng 5, which ispositioned-against the inner side of t lieitransversely extendingportion 4 of the body post-2 at, the-side oe cupied by the driver 6tthefvehiclei and this box or receptacle is, closed by a plate Gwhich isot greaterwidth'thantheandhasthe I pro ect- 1ng edge portion? curvingoutwardly 1 and downwardly at its upper end "indi cated at 8andprovid-ediintermediate it-sends instance three notches I beingf'ei'nployed. The-front and rear sides .10; and ,11 respectively ofthetflsing .5.- are; provided; with apertures 12 ,"inalignment1transversely of fThe single moving part-Poi the. present di and 15 aswill be readily seenu on reference 'to Figure 3. 1 As shown in thisgure, the intermediate portion 17 is arranged substantially atright'ang'les to the arms 14 and 15 i and extends through the alignedapertures 12 of the walls 10 and 11, of the casingandwith aplurality ofnotches-thin the present I through the laterally and inwardly directed 1portion 4 of the post against which'the'cas 'ing -5: issecured. A Thearm 15 comp'rises'the actuating member andfhandle' ofithe signaldeviceand the arm'14 comprises thelsignal nal member of any desiredform, the type here shownbeing in the form of an arrow head indicated at18. This head 18 may be appropriately colored so that it will readily.attract notice when swung outwardly from the body in the mannerindicated in dotted lines in Figure 1.

As will be readily understood. from the showing of Figure 3, the armrides over the edge 7 of the casing plate 6 when rotated upon theintermediate portion 17 Which acts as a shaft and when so rotated, thearm will engage in one or another oi the notches 9.

In order to maintain the arm 15in any one of the notches 9, there isplaced about the arm, within the casing 5,- a coil spring 19, one end ofwhich bears against the wall '10 of the casing while the other endbears! against a pin which. is titted through the intermediate portion17 of the signal device; From this it Will be readily understood thatwhen the actuating arm 15 is swung up-. wardly to bring the signalmember or head 18 to position in front of the vehicle post 2 asindicated in dotted lines in Figure l, the springwill act to draw thearm 15 inwardly against the adjacent wall of the box lVhen it is desiredto give a signal, the knob 15 ot the arm 16 is grasped and the arm swungdownwardly causing it to *ride over the curved and notched edge 8 of theflange 7, thus moving the intermediate portion longitudinally andcompressing the spring 20, and further movement downwardly oil the arm15 will cause it to engage one of the notches 9 whereupon it'ca'n bereleased and will be held in the desired signaling pos t tion. V I

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: 3 r 1 1. In a signaldevice of the class described, a casing havin one of its walls providedwith a portion projecting beyond an adjacent wall and formed with aseries of notches, a member comprising a portion mounted for rotation 1nthe second inentioned Wall of the casing and the wall oppo site thereto,and an'operating arm and a signal arm eXtendin in opposite directionsfrom the opposite ends of the said portion of the member, the operatingarm being angularly adjustable to eft'ectadjustment of the signal armand being engageable selectively in the notches in the projecting wallportion to be held in its positions of adjustment.

2. In a signal device of the class described, a casing having oneot itswalls provided with a portion projecting beyond an adjacent wall andformed with a series of notches, a member comprising a portion mountedfor rotation in "the second menout of display position, the saidoperatii'ig arm being engageable selectively in the notches in the'saidprojecting Wall portion whereby to be held in its different positions ofangular adjustment, an abutment upon the said intermediate portion ofthe said member within the casmg, and a spring upon the saidintermediate, portion engaging at one end against the abutmentand at itsother end against the second mentioned Wall of the casing andconstitutingmeans v for yieldably urging the intermediate portion, inits shifting movement, in a direction to hold the operating arm inengagement withthe pro ecting wall. port on of the cue-'- ing andlikewise in posit on engaged behind said wall portion, in thenon-display 'iosition of the signal arm. l In testimony whereof I aflixmy signa ture.

ARTHUR 1r. 'REMTER-

